Professional Interests

Empirical ethics

First-in-human clinical trials

Genomics and gene editing

Stem cells and regenerative medicine

Ethics of entrepreneurship

Medical tourism

Public Outreach

Professional Statement

Dr. Scott is the Dalton Tomlin Chair in Medical Ethics and Health Policy and the Associate Director of Health Policy at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. He received his BA in biology and biopsychology from the University of Colorado (Boulder), his MLA in ethics and policy from Stanford University, and his PhD from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His research uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to study the ethical, legal, social, and policy implications of emerging biotechnologies and clinical medicine. Dr. Scott is an emeritus faculty and senior research scholar at the Stanford University Center for Bioethics and past Director of the Stanford Program on Stem Cells in Society.